The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-08-19

were intimate.
~ laid my book down and waited.
Not q soundl l coughed. Dead ST.
ienCe! HelIow, said l. Not a word!
Come in! No response, Who th--if
theiadies will pardon the exact repro
duGtlon OF my remarks?"
Certainly"
THANK you. Who the duce are
you? l Numbered. The stiffness Of
the tomb. My naturally irrascible
temper-we all have our faults-got
the better of me. l leaped from my
bed. | placed my hand upon the
door knob. Who's there2 ] roared.
Not a syllable. Permit meto observe,
ladies, that had I known 1t was O.
ghost | should not have been angry;
but not thinking of ghosts even, l
thrust the door rudely open, aiming
to smash the los Of my discourteous
visitor"
Mr.. May ceased speaking. The la
dies held their breath. Billubs the
brave laid his hand on the shoulders
OF the judge, for they had married
cousins.
Presently, in most sepulchral tones,
Mr.. May continued: ain helanguage
Of the poet, darkness there and moth
ing more!'"
just then a tremendous crash broke
the stiffness. The butler had stolen
to the window to hear the story.
Overcome by his fears, he had let fall
a tray full of plates and dishes.
Biiiups leaped into the air. at was
a rat"
"That is what Hamlet cried; but
Polonius was behind the arras. Do
you think it was q rat, Uncle Billy?"
The butler, delighted to find that
nothing was broken, came to the
window. "Yov ak me eff l think it
were a rat. Well, saying Mr.. Billup"
presence, l don't see howit could as
been nothing o. de kim. l amt sput-
in but what a rat kin walk powerful
Vigorous when he's got things all to
hisseif, bout midnight, and you alay-
In in yo' bed and afeard to ak him
who dat?' But l amt heard yousay
you heard anything scamper, and
) then varmits most inginrully scamper
when they sees you a-comin."
"You can stand there and hear the
rest OF the story" said Mrs. Judge.
THANK you MISSES; "Tll stay; but
itmost done gimme the creeps al
IL ready"
10 The next night" continued the sto-
~ teller, 'the same thing occurred,
contrary to my expectation for / had
re thought the whole a hallucination,
CoUiured up by the Raven. On the
id third night as midnight approached l
Of could not help thinking of my
strange visitor. So / sat up, dressed
and waited. Sure enough, Just as the
re clock began TO strike, Iheard the same
d bold, heavy step, starting as usual,
at tina kitchen door. Instantly Itook
D. my candle in one hand and seized the
e. door knob with the other. | waited
rs till the steps halted as usual, against
q my door, when / thrust the door vio-
., lentiy open, leaping at one boundinto
is the middle of the hall. Finding abso-
lutely nothing, / rushed to the main
" hall. heard nothing. Ali the doors
were locked, all the windows closed.
e The next night / pursued precisely the
same tactics with precisely the same
result. made up my mind that /
10 was throwing away my time trying to
catch that ghost
10 "Lor' me- Mr.. May, s'pose you had
a'cotch him? What could a human
do wild one o. dem sperrits?"
a "Quite true, Uncle Billy; / never
: thought otthat. Well, he came every
night, and never went away, as far as
l could hear. So, instead of trying to
catch ham, locked my door so that
he might not catch me, and slept as
well as 1 could. Naturally ! did not
d mention these occurrences to
d the ladies; but, when the sheriff
3 came haTne, and he and were lyingin
n bed reaGing, IcouId keep the secret no
Y longer, / must say, however, that ]
d had hard work making up my mindto
& begin. AS / read. / cast my ewes at
n his stalWart form again and again be-
lore / could summon the courage to
tell such 2 cock and bull story had
e known him roma boy, and known
q him to be q man as totally without
imagination as without fear. What
e would he think o Tine? However,
: "Lyt,n ! bkgan.
I'll He kept onreading and ] called to
d him again. This time he made book
d marker Of his fore6nger and fixed his
y eyes dreamily upon me.
4 .tLyt.p II began. and was conscious
that / coIored, HLyt, did you ever
imagine that you heard footsteps in
this part Of the house late at night?n
8 Instantly he dropped his book and
. rose up il bed, a smile Of triumph on
on his lace.
/ $50. he has been after you, has he?''
do you mean to say T began, ris-
2 ing from my pillow.
u What Thatcon.ounded thing
D Stalks up to this door and then
I isn't there when you open iH1
2 ooh. you didn't tell ma anything
4 about him. He has been calling on
= me for fifteen years, of and On. Some
times he goes of for q whole year or